Before socialites and it-girls with a long bob cut there were princesses and queens who have conquered the imagination of generations and generations of women. Starting from the era of Cleopatra through Marie Antoniette’s to then get to Lady Diana, the royals from all over the world dictated the rules of style by wearing garments that have become iconic. We owe the invention of underwear to Catherine de Medici, queen of France, and that of the anti-cellulite bands to princess Sissi. Today, the heirs of the great noble families continue this fashion tradition through posts on Instagram, advertising campaigns for the various brands, or by creating their own personal collections. From Italy to England, from Greece to France, the millennial princesses are the new fashion celebs.
THE BONACCORSI SISTERS ARE PRINCESSES OF SICILY, DESIGNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS
from left: Luna, Lucrezia and Lucilla Bonaccorsi
About thirty years ago, the marriage between the Milanese designer Luisa Beccaria, descendant of the family of Alessandro Manzoni, and the Sicilian prince Lucio Bonaccorsi of Reburdone, made Italy dream with a love story worthy of a novel. Today, the five daughters of Luisa and Lucio are entrepreneurs in the fashion system and in the food industry.
Lucilla, purple eyes, very white skin and long black hair, joined her mother as a designer in her fashion house, creating dreamlike, feminine dresses with a retro elegance, perfect for modern princesses. With her sister Lucrezia and her brother Ludovico, she has ialso created the LùBar, a restaurant/enchanted garden at the heart of Milan, where they offer revisited dishes from the Sicilian tradition, with products that come directly from the family lands in the Castelluccio fiefdom.
from left: Luna, Lucilla and Lucrezia Bonaccorsi
Finally, the youngest of the three sisters, Luna, works in the world of fashion with a digital approach, between collaborations with magazines and posts on Instagram.
NOT ONLY PRINCESSES BUT ALSO DUCHESSES. THE ARRIVABENE VALENTI GONAZGA SISTERS AND THEIR BRAND OF VENETIAN SLIPPERS
from the left: Vera and Viola Arrivabene
When we talk about nobility, we talk not only about princesses, but also about duchesses, countesses and so on. The Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga sisters, Viola and Vera, are well aware of this. The young Venetian aristocrats have created their brand of slippers ViBi Venezia from the famiy palace, Palazzo Papadopoli.
Viola Arrivabene
Long and dark hair, tall and slender figure and a face with delicate features, the beautiful Arrivabene sisters lived between parties and castles, between the canals of Venice and the capitals of the whole world. With ViBi Venezia they brought the tradition of their city to the rest of the globe through their velvet Furlanes, which are low heel, simple and refined slippers.
Vera Arrivabene
THAT OF MÉLUSINE RUSPOLI IS A PRINCESSES ANCESTRY
Princess of name and in fact, the beautiful Mélusine Ruspoli belongs to one of the oldest Italian noble families, but this is just one of the many fascinating details of a character halfway between a fairy and an elf.
She’s a muse of Chanel, that dressed her for her debut in society at the Hôtel de Crillon Debutantes Ball in Paris in 2013. Mélusine dreams of a career in fashion, perhaps because of that artistic vein inherited from her father, prince Alessandro Ruspoli, actor and sex symbol who was a great friend of Brigitte Bardot and Salvador Dalì.
PRINCESSES AND DESIGNERS, TALITA AND HER GRANDMA DIANE VON FURSTENBERG ARE HEIRS OF A GERMAN NOBLE FAMILY
Princess Talita von Fürstenberg is the heir to the von Fürstenberg German family and the Italian Agnelli family, and, to make matters even bigger, she inherited the creative talent of her grandmother Diane, a famous Belgian designer.
A cousin of the princes of Greece and Denmark with whom she appeared on the pages of Vanity Fair, Talita lives in a realm of luxury and pomp, including fashion shows in New York and balls in the palaces of Vienna. Her career in the fashion world began with Teen Vogue to join her grandmother’s company, where she works as a designer. Recently, she launched his own personal line, TvF.
WHEN PRINCESSES BECOME STARS OF INSTAGRAM LIKE OLYMPIA OF GREECE
She has the beauty of the Greek goddesses whose statues we admire in the ruins of Athens. Olympia, daughter of the Crown Prince of Greece, Pavlos, is the very blonde princess who has conquered the social medias.
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With over 160,000 followers, Olympia is a jet-set star, traveling the world in exclusive hotels, going on trips to the sea with her princesses cousins (including Talita von Fürstenberg) or as a special guest at the coolest fashion events, including dinners at Fancy Love Shack and high fashion events.
Muse and model of many designers, she has appeared in magazines such as Tatler and Teen Vogue. And this is not all: to have been on the pages of all the newspapers was also her liaison with Prince Harry of England.
PAULINE DUCRUET OF MONACO HAS PRINCESSES AND AN OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS AMONG HER ANCESTORS
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Having princesses in your family already has a unique charm. If in addition you have for grandma one of the most beautiful and famous actresses ever, the magic grows even more. And who knows it better than Pauline Ducruet, a member of the House of Monaco and grand-daughter of the beautiful Grace Kelly?
It-girl, TV personality and professional diver, Pauline represented Monaco at the World Youth Championships in 2010, participating in the Singapore Youth Olympics in the same year.
LADY KITTY SPENCER AND HER AUNT LADY DIANA ARE THE BEAUTIFUL AND SAD PRINCESSES OF FASHION
If in fairy tales the princesses live happily ever after, in reality this is not always the case. Figures that have become legendary like Lady Diana are an example, and her myth of beauty, charm and sadness seems to have passed directly to her niece, Kitty Spencer.
An English rose beauty, very blond and with fair skin, Kitty, like her aunt, is the muse of great fashion and high jewellery brands, but even if her life is immersed in the luxury of the most glamorous international events, her heart seems to have no peace.
The British tabloids have often slammed her on the front page for excesses in London clubs and new loves ended badly. But if fairy tales teach us something, it is that in the end the prince comes for everyone.
AMONG BRITISH PRINCESSES, AMELIA WINDSOR IS THE FAVORITE OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II
A lady who despite being only in the thirty-ninth place in the line of succession to the throne is in first place in the heart of Queen Elizabeth II bypassing the other princesses.
This is Amelia Windsor, Queen‘s favorite niece, as well as among the most beautiful young women in the English aristocracy. With very particular traits, with a heart-shaped face, full lips and dark blond hair, Amelia also threw herself from London palaces to international catwalks, becoming a model for Storm Model Management, modelling for Chanel, Azzedine Alaïa, and appearing in various shooting for Vogue Japan.
IF WE TALK ABOUT PRINCESSES AND FASHION, ELEONORE VON HABSBURG HAS A ROLE OF HONOR THANKS TO A SPECIAL ANCESTOR
Finally, the circle of fashionable princesses closes with Eleonore von Habsburg, a member of the Austrian Habsburg-Lorraine family, descendant of one of the greatest fashion icons ever: queen Marie Antoinette of France.
Model, graduated in law and socialite, Eleonore keeps a low profile and tries to live a normal life. The only element of gossip that concerns her is her love story with the Formula 1 driver, Jérôme d’Ambrosio, with whom the official engagement was announced.